Intel's Mobileye has announced a series of deals and projects at CES 2019, including to bring autonomous capabilities to public transport in China, have its safety system adopted by Chinese companies and standards bodies, and to deliver autonomous driving solutions to Great Wall Motors.

Beijing Public Transport Corporation (BPTC) and Beijing Beytai will be collaborating with Mobileye to commercially deploy autonomous public transport services across China, using the Mobileye AV Series hardware and software self-driving system for level 4 driverless capabilities.

The hardware supplied by Mobileye's L4 AV kit includes cameras, cables, modems, GPS, and other mechanical components powered by its EyeQ5 system on a chip (SoC).

It is also supplying the driving policy behind the project, which involves using proprietary algorithms that allow vehicles to "negotiate" with human-driven vehicles on the road.

Mobileye's safety software then involves its open Responsibility-Sensitive Safety (RSS) model, which the company said "provides safety parameters for AV decision-making, formalizing common sense human-centered concepts of what it means to drive safely".

Beytai will provide public transportation data processing, analysis, and system integration for the project, which aims to deploy an autonomous public transport solution in China by 2022.

The deal with Great Wall Motors, meanwhile, could see Mobileye deliver advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) from L0 to L2+ to the automaker under a proposed collaboration over the next three to five years.

According to Mobileye, L2+ "bridges the gap" between self-driven and autonomous vehicles by providing its Road Experience Management (REM) mapping solution, which uses Roadbook data for adaptive cruise control, lane-keeping assist, and other "advanced manoeuvres" while the driver retains majority control of the vehicle.

Mobileye and Great Wall Motors are also looking to develop L3 and above autonomous driving solutions specifically aimed at Chinese roadways. It has previously worked on L3 systems with BMW, Fiat-Chrysler, Nissan, NIO, and SAIC, in addition to strategic partnerships for L4 and L5 development with BMW, Fiat-Chrysler, NIO, SAIC, Delphi -- now Aptiv -- and Volkswagen for mobility as a service in Israel.

Mobileye's RSS system has also gained traction in China, with Baidu saying it will adopt RSS as part of its Apollo Project -- its implementation being demonstrated at this year's CES by the tech company.The standards body, China ITS, has also approved a proposal to use RSS as the foundation for automated vehicle safety standards.

"We are taking RSS technology back into our ADAS lab and proposing its use as a proactive augment to automatic emergency braking (AEB). We call this automatic preventative braking (APB)," Mobileye CEO professor Amnon Shashua said at CES on Tuesday.

"Using formulas to determine the moment when the vehicle enters a dangerous situation, APB would help the vehicle return to a safer position by applying small, barely noticeable preventative braking instead of sudden braking to prevent a collision."

APB could be installed in all vehicles with a front-facing camera, Shashua said, helping to prevent "a substantial portion" of front-to-rear collisions.

"And if we add surround camera sensing and the map into the equation so that preventative braking can be applied in more situations, we can hope to eliminate nearly all collisions of this nature," he added.

Lastly, European automotive supplier Valeo has said it will collaborate on adopting Mobileye's RSS for AV safety standards across the US, China, and Europe, including drafting frameworks for the verification and commercial deployment of safer autonomous vehicles.

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